Chita Rivera

Actor Jan 23 (died age 91) Washington, D.C., USA 1948–2025 (77 year career)

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Biography

Chita Rivera was an American actress, singer, and dancer who became a musical theater icon. Born Dolores Conchita Figueroa del Rivero, she won two Tony Awards for Best Leading Actress in a Musical for her roles in The Rink (1984) and Kiss of the Spider Woman (1993). Rivera achieved stardom for her performance as Anita in the original Broadway production of West Side Story, a role she reprised in London.

Known For

Film

tick, tick... BOOM!

"Sunday" Legend #13

Film

Chicago

Nickie

Film

Sweet Charity

Nickie

Film

Bathtubs Over Broadway

Self

Film

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

Self

Film

That's Dancing!

From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)

Film

Something's Coming: West Side Story

Self

Film

Pippin

Fastrada

Filmography

Acting (59)

Movies (42)

Liza: A Truly Terrific Absolutely True Story

2025

as Self

8.0

Dick Van Dyke: 100th Celebration

2025

as Self (archive footage)

10.0

Studio One Forever

2024

as Self

7.8

Celebrating 50 Years of Broadway's Best

2023

as Self

2.0

Reopening: The Broadway Revival

2022

as Self

Something's Coming: West Side Story

2021

as Self

7.5

tick, tick... BOOM!

2021

as "Sunday" Legend #13

7.6

Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age

2021

as Self

Uprooted: The Journey of Jazz Dance

2020

as Self

5.2

Amy's Victory Dance

2020

as Self

Chita: A Legendary Celebration

2020

as Self

Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back

2019

as Self

5.0

Merely Marvelous: The Dancing Genius of Gwen Verdon

2019

as Self

7.3

Bathtubs Over Broadway

as Self

Every Act of Life

as Self

Waiting in the Wings: Still Waiting

2018

as Broadway Diva

1.0

West Side Stories: The Making of a Classic

2016

as Self

8.0

Chita Rivera: A Lot Of Livin' To Do

2015

as Self

Private Screenings: Robert Osborne

2014

as Self

7.3

Waiting in the Wings: The Musical

2014

as Broadway Diva

4.9

A Place for Us: West Side Story's Legacy

2011

as Self

Kalamazoo?

2006

as Giannina

Broadway's Lost Treasures III: The Best of The Tony Awards

2005

as Spider Woman / Aurora ("Kiss Of The Spider Woman") (arch. foot.)

7.2

Broadway: The Golden Age, by the Legends Who Were There

2003

as Self

7.0

Broadway's Lost Treasures

2003

as Host (segment "Record Breakers") / Velma Kelly (segment "Chicago")

6.1

Chicago

2002

as Nickie

7.1

My Favorite Broadway: The Love Songs

2001

as Self

5.0

The Music of Kander & Ebb: Razzle Dazzle

1997

as Self (archive footage)

The Line King: The Al Hirschfeld Story

1996

as Self

7.0

A Benefit Celebration: A Tribute to Angela Lansbury

1996

as Self

Night of 100 Stars III

as Self

Mayflower Madam

as Risa Dickstein

That's Dancing!

as From 'Sweet Charity' (archive footage)

7.0

Night of 100 Stars II

1985

as Self

8.0

The Stars Salute the U.S. Olympic Team

1984

as Self - Performer

Pippin

1981

as Fastrada

7.5

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

1978

as Our Guests at Heartland

4.3

Once Upon a Brothers Grimm

1977

as Gingerbread Lady

Sondheim: A Musical Tribute

1973

The Marcus-Nelson Murders

as Josie Hopper

Sweet Charity

as Nickie

From Stage to Screen---A Director's Dilemma

1969

Television (17)

Stars in the House

2020

as Self

Bottomless Brunch at Colman's

as Self

Will & Grace

as Lenore

E! True Hollywood Story

1996

8.1

Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child

1995

as Katy (voice)

6.0

The Kennedy Center Honors

1978

as Self

7.4

Live from Lincoln Center

as Chita Rivera

Dinah!

as Self

Great Performances

as Self

The Carol Burnett Show

1967

as Self

7.7

The Hollywood Palace

1964

as Self - Singer / Dancer

4.5

The Outer Limits

1963

as Mrs. Dame

7.8

The Judy Garland Show

1963

as Self

8.0

The Mike Douglas Show

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

The Dinah Shore Chevy Show

as Self

The Ed Sullivan Show

as Self